You can also buy a printed copy directly from me for $25 + $5 for mailing by e-mailing me.

You can listen to a live radio reading of nine of the poems from the book ("Duke," "Billie," "Nat," "Max," "Lee," "Jones That Is," "Bird," "Bags," and "Trane") by clicking on these links: Broadband connection - Dial-up connection. The music is "The Wizard," from my CD Harlem Sunset. Here are some of the poems: three introductory ones and then several on individual musicians.

The Beat - October 15, 2005

Time
the flow
of motion
in the beat
from the
drum called
Heart

Beat
the pulse
of time
the flow
of rhythm,
the blood
of life

Jazz I - October 15, 2005

The master
being a vulture
took away the drum
but couldn't suppress
the culture

All the yokes
and collars
could not stop
the inevitable
field hollers

we gave Christianity
a spritual
to keep our
souls alive

New Orleans
the beginning

African concepts played
on European instruments
Creole sprits mixed
with Voodoo communication
[Voilà-Art]
with the New American Nation